Nobuhiro Aihara
Directing
Born October 17, 1944 · Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nobuhiro Aihara was born in Kanagawa prefecture in 1944, where he studied at the design school. He began his career in television animation in the 1960s and started producing his own independent animation in 1965. His aesthetic is distinctive for his use of flowing lines, highly complex drawings, and his love of psychedelic colours. He was a prolific artist who often produced several animated shorts a year either on his own or in collaboration with his friend and fellow artist the Keiichi Tanaami. Nobuhiro died on April the 30, 2011 and left behind 85 animated works.
Directed (60)
Japanese Independent Animation, Volume 1
2013
Dreams
2011
The Heart Sutra
2010
Shunga
2009
Chirico
2008
Zap Cat
2008
Inch-High Samurai
2007
Lotus
2007
Tokyo Loop
2006
Black Fish
2006
Noise
2006
Trip
2005
Landscape
2004
Memory of Red
2004
10 Nights' Dreams
2004
Fetish Doll
2003
Walking Man
2002
Scrap Diary
2002
The Third Eye
1999
Wind
1999
Yellow Fish
1998
Rain – Memory of Cloud.1
1996
Ringing in the ears
1995
MOVING
1994
SPIN
1993
Crow
1992
LINE
1990
Fairground in the Stars
1989
Gavora
1989
Dragonfly
1988
Image (Shadow)
1987
Dusk
1985
Twilight
1985
S＝13
1984
The apple and the girl
1982
MY SHELTER
1981
Burnin'
1980
SHELTER
1980
Water Ring: Karma 2
1980
Blue Match
1980
Wind Erosion
1980
Under the Sun
1979
Hikari
1978
Karma
1977
Cloud Thread
1976
Neo-Night on the Bald Mountain
1975
Stone No. 1
1975
Stone
1975
Reckless Daydream
1974
Lacquer
1973
Fairy Flower
1973
Short Distance Runner
1973
Red Diamant
1973
Fox Colored Early Spring
1973
Honeybee Season Has Passed
1972
Powdered White Wings
1972
Yamakagashi
1972
The Extinction of Landscape
1971
Cherry Blossom
1970
Stop
1969